<<<<or maybe you’re just over my head with your medical knowledge :-P.<<<

Yes I agree with you, I’m over your head =) I see you have never been a body builder or athlete either =)

"Thinking about strength training from a different angle, it is interesting to consider the fact that muscles are attached to tendons and that connective tissue runs parallel to the muscle fibers through the muscle. This means that in many athletic movements the force is produced not just from the muscle contraction but also from a release of elastic energy from the tendon component. Therefore it is useful to think of force production as coming from a ‘muscle tendon unit’ (MTU) working as one system, whose two components may come into effect at different times."<<<<<<<

This is why you see some boxers that are not heavy muscled be able to deliver a punch with great force; it comes from both the muscle and tendons: reflexs come from both the tendon and muscle: and you can see that in AR.

Secondly, I feel sorry for your children, that is if you’re old enough to have any yet=) I believe in nurturing them and while at times one needs to be firm one also has to develop a good relationship, not just be antagonistic authority figure, a good example is how Don treated Harrington, he was way to hard on him for his temperament, you have to know the temperament of your players and use disciple in a constructive way, some players do not respond well to being treated unfairly as men, I don’t care of it’s the NBA or not, you have to guide with wisdom and not just act like a pompous jerk: having said that, I am happy right now with the results with young AR, but you better know that that was a lot of damage control being performed by the staff his family and other players. This is one of the Don’s weakness and one of the very things that causes him to shoot himself in the foot sometimes: but as I said when one weighs the good the bad and the ugly=) the good with Nellie outweighs the bad:

I like what Jim Barnett said, when he commented on live TV, that a young player like AR needs some love and nurturing, he’s close to the situation and I respect his assessment: this guy was barley 19 years old when he came into the NBA, he’s still a kid, and Don is notorious for being old school in his approach to the rooks and his players in general, I see he is mellowing with age by the way he treated BD the last few years, Don has to baby some guys egos a little bit until they get it, but the good cop bad cop seems to be working with AR so no problemo =) But it didn’t work with All Harrington, it backfired, and it didn’t work with CWebb: I recall the day they said they were going to trade CWebb , I bet I called the front office ten times, and pleaded with them to take into account what the fans thought, because to trade CWebb would destroy everything Don had built, and it did as a matter of fact, all the front office was allowed to say was CWebb was a spoiled preppy from a rich kid’s school ,yada yada, and Don was heard to have said you can’t let the nuts run the nut house, but the truth was he wasn’t hip enough for today’s multimillion player who’s been groomed since babyhood to be this mega star: frankly he blew it and it cost him his own job in the end as well as ruined what could have been many years of Warrior memories and a possible championship or two, they almost got there with Sac town and we had a much better supporting cast with Mully, Hardway, Spree, SM, Billy O, and others.

There is a fine balance between constructive criticism and outright crash humiliation, I’ve seen it up close and personal, and players don’t respond well to it in the long run, if the team is doing good they put up with it but let the team falter and it creates a lot of animosity: AH is a prime example: he didn’t wanna be Don’s whipping boy: this is why I said the best scenario for Don is to have either a very wise owner or a very smart GM who can graciously keep Don from shooting his foot of in those type of situations, outside of that I love Don as a coach: and if the GM does his job then Don won’t be tempted to make a wrong trade, but you have to value his opinion as the coach and try to get him the players he need’s to make his style of ball successful: he’s got a little genius in him, so go W’s

You won’t find any of those coaches belittling or feuding with their superstars to the point they trade them rather than find a way to make it work: and this is what Don did with CWebb, they couldn’t get alone for five minutes and work it out, both of their egos got in the way, and it was Don’s job as the coach and leader of the team to find a way with wisdom to figure it out and he didn’t and it cost the team unimaginable heart ache and loss. Every man has a weakness, and this is one of Don’s, he disconnects with the players sometimes, and unless he has others around him besides yes men it could cost a team everything: if you recall C Cohan was a rookie owner and he didn’t know what to do so he stood with his coach: but as I said, it all backfired and everyone, the owner, the coach, and the whole team and fans fell apart: most coaches use tender hands when dealing with their superstar, because to many run inn’s and he won’t be there and most coaches know that, this is why you never seen JS or CM, or MJ or TD on the block, they know better than to get to hard on them, face it Don blew it and therefore has to accept the consequences, which is he needs to be monitored and keep from entering into those kind of anti productive situations: the problem is neither Chris C or Chris M can demand that kind of respect from Da Don: so we have to hope that he has others around him that will watch over the damage control in those times and put the firs out before they flash: